Gary Shepard Email & Phone Number

Gary Shepard has 30 years combined work experience in public transit, economic/community and business development on the local, regional, state and federal levels.He started his career as a county program Director in employment and training then advanced to become Economic Development Coordinator for the Governor of Massachusetts and later Assistant Secretary of Economic Affairs. At the end of his service in state administration, he led a municipal quasi-public economic development agency and then became the Economic Development Director for the City of Springfield, MA.Recognizing that transportation is intrinsically linked to economic, community and business development, Gary became the Administrator/CEO of two Regional Transit Authorities (RTA’s) in Massachusetts and was most recently, the Director of Public Transportation in Greenville, South Carolina.Gary Shepard possesses a wealth of knowledge and experience working with and interconnecting the public and private sector. A visionary pragmatist with a can-do attitude, he has a history of proven accomplishments along with a unique ability to find the right solution to the multiple challenges facing today’s society in areas of transportation, economic, community and business development.